TERRORISM SALON: Peter Bergen on the “Education Effect”
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(Peter Bergen is a Schwartz Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation).
By Steve Clemons
TERRORISM SALON: Eric Rosand on the Complex Motivations of Terrorists
(Eric Rosand is a senior fellow at the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation in New York and a nonresident fellow at New York University’s Center on International Cooperation).
TERRORISM SALON: Matthew Levitt on the Social Influences of Terrorism
(Matthew Levitt is a Senior fellow and Director of the Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy). Here’s my first two cents: Poverty, in and of itself, does not lead to terrorism.
TERRORISM SALON: Greg Djerejian on Poverty, Ideology, US Foreign Policy and Occupation
(Greg Djerejian is a financial services professional and publishes the popular blog The Belgravia Dispatch). I certainly believe there are links between poverty and terrorism, but particularly in terms of the West’s so-called Global War on Terror, I believe more important are other variables such as the ones mentioned in the prompt, e.g.
TERRORISM SALON: First Question on “Root Causes”
To begin the online terrorism salon Mark Goldberg of UN Dispatch offers the first question on the relationship between poverty and terrorism: On Day One is a social media site sponsored by the United Nations Foundation and the Better World Campaign that asks everyday people to offer their ideas about what the next president should…
This Week — ONLINE TERRORISM SALON Co-Hosted with UN Dispatch
Over the course of a week I will be hosting and moderating an online salon discussion on terrorism in conjunction with Mark Goldberg of UN Dispatch. The questions and prompts will cover everything from defining the scope of the threat to root causes to the most effective counterterrorism tactics within a broader strategy.
Adult Supervision on Iran From Brzezinski, Scowcroft, and Ignatius
Damn! I missed a meeting at the Center for Strategic and International Studies yesterday with three of my favorite national security thinkers — David Ignatius, Zbigniew Brzezinski, and Brent Scowcroft.
Eating at Nora’s
Julia Watson has a terrific food and restaurant blog eat Washington that I have been checking up on frequently. I’m not intimidated by much, but I do find that I get nervous thinking about cooking — and even more rattled actually doing it, particularly when other humans are involved.
The View From Your Window
Law of the Seas Treaty advocate Caitlyn Antrim took this shot of the Air Force Memorial from her Arlington home at dawn one recent morning.
Behind the Scenes
I’ve been offline for a day or so working behind the scenes on a number of fronts that I can’t be all that specific about. For Jane Mayer fans, I’m pleased to see that her book is again at #6 on Amazon. More soon — promise.